Torch tip



Aug. 15, 1944. J. c. CROWLEY TORCH TIP Filed Match. 28,, 1941 1N VENTOR owls) 14%;, M7 7km ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 15, 1944 TORCH TIP JohnC. Crowley, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, assignor to The Dill Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Original application June 16, 1939, Serial No.

Divided and this application March 28, 1941, SerialjNo. 385,714

1 Claim. (Ql. 158 27.4)

} This invention relates to a tip or nozzle for a cutting torch or blow pipe particularly adapted to be used for cutting or welding metal or for similar purposes.

This application is a division of my application Serial No. 279,499, filed June 16, 1939.

A cutting torch or blow pipe of the type with which the tip or nozzle embodying the present invention is used is connected to a source of suitable inflammable gas under pressure and also to a source of oxygen under pressure, the gas and oxygen being suitablymixed in the torch to produce the required hire. 1

There is also provisionin a torch of this type for issuing therefrom a jet of high pressure oxygen that is not mixed with-the inflammable gas.

When a torch of this kind is used to cut metal the metal is first preheated by means of the flame produced at the nozzle or tip of the'torch by the ignited combustible mixture of gas and oxygen, and after the metal has been sufficiently heated the jet of the high pressure oxygen'unmixed with the inflammable gas is directed against the metal and acts to destroy the carbon in the metal and to effect a severing thereof.

When the torch is used for the welding of metal it is only necessary to employ the fla'me'of the ignited combustible mixture of oxygen and as. 1 l

An object of the invention is to provide an improved tip or nozzle for a cutting torch or blowof the central passage through the .tip or nozzle for the high pressure oxygen.

Another object is to provide an improved tip or nozzle for a. cutting torch or blow pipeof'the" type specified and which is so constructed that" it may be readily assembled and the various parts thereof held in their-proper. relative positions.

Further and additional objects and" advan tages not hereinbefore referred to will become more apparent hereinafter during the'de'tailed" description which is to follow of an embodiment of the invention. 7 Referring to the accompanying drawing,

and correct combustible mix-' the tip or nozzle and-a portion of the head of the torch or blow pipe shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3. is a transverse sectional view through the tip or nozzle taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows,

and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View throughthe tip or nozzle and is taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

The cutting torch or blow pipe shown in Fig. 1 comprises a handle or body A, a tube or hand grip portion B, and a head C. The handle or body A is provided with passages, one of which is for the high pressure oxygen that constitutes the cutting jet, while the others are for the oxygen and inflammable gas, respectively, which constitute the combustible mixture. The oxygen I passages are in communication with conduits I0 and the inflammable gas passage with the conduit ll, said conduits l0 and H being connected with a suitable source of supply of oxygen under pressure and inflammable gas. v

-The high pressure oxygen passage is valve regulated and said valve can be controlled manually by the operator by means of the lever II. The other oxygen passage and the inflammable gas passage are regulated by valves also manually controlled by the operator through the control member .or'lever l3; These last men-' tioned passages extend to automatic means for regulating the flow pressures of the oxygen and inflammable gas that go. to make up-the combustible mixture. j p

The passages in the handle or body A are connected by means of tubes carried inthe hand grip portion B with passages in the head C. The passage in the head C for the high pressure cutting oxygen is indicatedin Fig. 2 at H. The

passages in the head C for the oxygen and gas which make. the combustible mixture are not shown in .the drawing but extend to a mixing chamber and after theoxygen and gas have been mixed into the combustible mixture the latter is conducted by means of a passage l5 formed in the head to the tip or nozzle, see Fig. 2.

The constructionof the handle or body A and the parts contained therein, the hand grip por-v be explained in detail since they are fully illustrated and described in my said application Serial No. 279,499, of which the present application is a division.

It will be understood that although the tip or nozzle is shown in the drawing and will be described herein as us'efdfwith a particular form of cutting torch-or blow pipe'construction, that said tip or nozzle is susceptible of use with cutting torches or blow pipes of different constructions.

As already. stated the passage M in the head C is for the high pressure cutting oxygen, while the passage IS in the head leads from the mixing; chamber and is for the purpose of conducting the combustible mixture to the tip or nozzle. The passage M in the head C communicates with the conical or tapered upper end of a threaded bore "5 formed in the head and which bore, in turnfi communicates at its lower end with a counterbore I! that is in communication with the passage l5 from the mixing chamber. The counterbore I! in turn communicates with a larger counterbore l8 that is provided on its bottom wall with an annular V-shaped downwardly project-1 ing rib 19. The counterbore |8 communicates with a larger downwardly facing threaded counterbore 20, and the-bores and counterbores just referred to in'the'head fC'receive the inner and outer members of the tip or nozzle which isindicated generally at D, as well as the clamping'nut which holds said members in assembled position in the head. 1

The tip or nozzle D includes an inner member 2| that is threaded exteriorly adjacent its upper end, as indicated at 22, to enable the inner. member 2| to be screwed into. the threaded counter bore I 6 in the head and to have the conical upper end 23 of the inner member seat against theconical or tapered end of th counterbore 16, as clearly shown in Fig, 2. j

The inner member 2| of the tip or nozzle is tapered adjacent and toward its outer end 24 as also indicated in Fig. 2. In addition the inner member 2| of the tip or nozzle is provided with a centrally disposed bore extending throughout the length of the inner'member and composed of a portion 25 of relatively large diameter and communicating at its inner or upper end with the passage M in the head 0 and with a portion 26 locatedin the tapered outer end 24 of the inner' member and of relatively small or restricted cross sectional area.

The periphery ofthe inner member-2| above its tapered outer end 24 and below the threaded upper or inner end of the memberis of concave polygonal, in this instance hexagonal, configura tion, as indicated at 21 in Figs. 2 and 3'. It will be noted that the corners or angles 28 formed'by the adjacent concave portions are relatively. sharp for a purpose later to be explained. f

The tapered outer end 24 of theinner member 2| is provided on itsr periphery with a plurality of circumferentially spacedv longitudinally [extending V-shaped grooves 29 of uniform depth throughout as clearly indicated in, Figs. 2 and 4.

The outer or shell member 30 of the tip or nozzle is tubular in shape and has its outer end 3| tapered to substantially the same degree as the outer tapered end 24 of the inner member. .The tapered outer end 3| of the outer member extends slightly beyond the extremity-of theta- Dered outer end-24- of. the;i nner member whenthe members are assembled as; indicated in .Fig;

2. It should be understood that the outer ends of both members may be flush.

The outer member 30 telescopes upon the inner member 2| and is provided at its inner or upper end with an outwardly extending annular flange 32 located in the counterbore l8 of the head C and "in e'ngagement with the'sharp edge of the tapered-rib T9 insaid counterbore as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The outer member 38 of the tip or nozzle is held in assembled position with respect to the inner member 2| and the head C by means of an assemblyor clamping nut 33 screwed into the threaded counterbore 20 of the head C and having a tapered or pointed inner edge 34 engaging a packinggasket 35 interposed between saidedge and the underside of the flange 32 of the outer member.

- It will-be seen that the assembly nut 33 holds the flange 32 in tight engagement with the pointed edge of the tapered rib l9 and it should be understood that when the inner and outer members of the tip or nozzle'are assembled the sharp corner's 28 between the concave peripheral portions 21 of the inner member 2| embed themselves in the'outer member or shell and prevent relative turning movement'b'etween the inner and outer members.

I It will also be noted that the concave peripheral portions 21 of the inner member together with the interior wall of the outer member provide longitudinally extendingpassag'e's' between the inner and outer members whichcommunicate at their upper ends with the counterbore I 8 in the head C,- which counterbore in turn is in communication with the counterbore I1.

These'passages also communicate at their-lower ends with passages formed by the V-shaped grooves 29 of the inner member and the inner wall of the tapered portion 3| of the outer member. It will be understood that the combustible mixture of oxygen and inflammable gas flows through the passage IS in the'head C, the counterbores l1 and I8 and thence into the passages in the tip or nozzle just referred to.

The passages formed of the concave peripheral portions of the-inner member and the inner wall tapered outer end 3| of the outer member are of relativelysmall capacity. These last named passages retard the outflow of the intermixed oxygen and gas to the proper extent to provide the correct flame at the tip of the torch and also are effective to cause the oxygen and gas forming the mixture in the passages of large capacity to become more thoroughly intermingled.

The construction of-the outer end of the tip or nozzle is such that the ignit'edcombustible mixture provides 'a concentrated flame for the preheating of the metal to be cut or for the welding operation. The l-iigh-pre's'sure' oxygen'of the cutting jet is emitted from the outer end of the tip or nozzle in a fine jet defined bythe portion 26 "of :the: central bore thrdugh the inner mem-' oxygen passage therein and provided with a threaded bore communicating with said passage and which bore has a conical inner end, said head having a counterbore communicating with said bore and a second counterbore communicating with said first counterbore, an annular outwardly projecting rib at the inner end of said second counterbore, said head being provided with a passage for a combustible mixture of inflammable gas and oxygen communicating with said first counterbore, said head being. provided with a third counterbore internally threaded and communicating with said second counterbore, an inner tip member having external threads screwed into said bore and provided with a conical inner end seating on the conical end of said bore, said member being of less diameter than said first and second counterbores and having a longitudinal passage therethrough communicating at its inner end with said oxygen passage and which pas-' sage in said member includes an elongated portion of relatively large diameter extending from the inlet end of said passage toward the outlet end and a substantially shorter portion of relatively small diameter adjacent the outlet end of said passage, said member having an external portion extendin from the second counterbore toward the outer end thereof and of polygonal concave configuration having a plurality of longitudinally extending sharp corner edges with grooves of relatively large area intermediate said edges, said member having at its outer end a tapered portion provided on its exterior surface with a plurality of longitudinally extending relatively narrow grooves of constant depth throughout and in communication with the grooves of the first named external portion of said member, a shell member telescoped upon the first member and having at its inner end an annular radially extending flange engagin said rib in the second named counterbore, an assembly nut on said shell member and screwed into said third named counterbore and maintaining said flange in engagement with said rib, said shell member having cylindrical and tapered portions embracing respectively the first named exterior portion and the tapered portion of said inner tip member, the sharp edges of the first named exterior portion of the inner tip member engaging and biting into the material of the shell member and interlocking said members against relative rotation, the grooves between said edges of the inner tip member and the interior of the shell member constituting passages of relatively large capacity and in communication with said second named counterbore of said head, the grooves in the tapered portion of the inner tip member together with the inner surface of the shell member constituting passages of relatively small capacity, while the clearance between said member and the first and second counterbores and said rib constitutes an annular passage connecting said passages of large capacity with said combustible mixture passage.

JOHN C. CROWLEY. 

